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When you retain a lawyer to represent you in a lawsuit or other legal matter, you have the reasonable expectation that the attorney will protect your interests and carry out their professional responsibilities to you with due care. Certainly, you should not have to...
There are numerous occupations that have developed to include professional agents to negotiate contracts and generally represent someone’s interests in their working relationships. These include athletes, musicians, actors, writers and others. The legal relationships...
It is often said that there are only inevitabilities in life: death and taxes. Given the complexities associated with the latter, you might actually prefer the former. This is why you hire someone (such as an accountant) to prepare your return every year. Yet it is...
There are multiple reasons why personal injury legal malpractice can be an especially hard issue for many people to work through. First of all, many people who are in this position are already struggling with problems related to their injury. For example, someone who...
Professional malpractice takes a myriad of forms and our law office has discussed many different examples of malpractice on our blog. From malpractice that takes place during the probate process or malpractice involving real estate transactions or a personal injury...
You have made it through law school, clerking jobs and internships and now you are a full-fledged attorney ready to make your mark in Florida law. One of your first decisions is likely to be whether to be whether or not to carry malpractice insurance. Although the...
No one hopes to experience complications following any type of medical procedure in Jacksonville, yet if and when you do, your first thought may be that your doctor or surgeon is guilty of medical malpractice. That may in fact be true in many cases, yet it could be...
An important part of the attorney-client relationship in Florida, the U.S. and throughout the world is the rule of confidentiality of information. It says that a lawyer should have full and informed consent from the client before disclosing information related to the...
In a situation that is likely already overwhelming, discovering that an attorney has not provided quality, professional service can lead to yet another stressor. Floridians in these situations may be considering taking legal action. Before one takes these steps, it...
Hiring an estate planning attorney to help draft a will in Florida can prevent disputes and challenges later. However, state laws differ, and laws regarding probate, estate planning and taxes change frequently. If an attorney does not pay rigorous attention to these,...